# Accident 20030601013969A: Cessna T210N, Tribune, KS, June 1, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2003, 09:40 local time
- Place: Tribune, KS
- Airport: Tribune Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4515° N, 101.7501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRIBUNE MUNI (5K2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4515&lon=-101.7501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N210MP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N210MP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 854 total, 72 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030601013969A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON JUNE 1 A CESSNA T210N WITH ONE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS DEPARTED FROM PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO (2V1) AT APPROXIMATELY 7:00AM (MST) EN ROUTE TO OSBORNE, KS (K75). APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR AND FORTY MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE PLANE EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FIRE. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT THE TRIBUNE, KS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (5K2) AT APPROXIMATELY 0945 LOCAL TIME WITHOUT INCIDENT OR INJURIES. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE TURBINE EXHAUST STACK HAD COMPLETELY COME OFF THE OUTLET OF THE TURBOCHARGER. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND AN IMPROPER SELF LOCKING NUT ON THE TURBOCHARGER EXHAUST CLAMP.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N210MP (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20150805015509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150805015509I), Aug 5, 2015: Cessna T210N (N210MP), Tipton, MD, Minor damage. Pilot stated that the airplane was fully functioning however he failed to put the landing gear down and subsequently landed gear up. He also stated that the…
- [Accident 20061121028109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061121028109A), Nov 21, 2006: Cessna T210N (N210MP), Caldwell, NJ, Substantial damage. (-23) This was an IFR flight, and it was cleared for a visual approach and handed off to Caldwell tower. The tower controller told the pilot to enter a left…
- [Incident 19801106079089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801106079089I), Nov 6, 1980: Cessna T210N (N210MP), Charleston, WV, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to extend gear for landing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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